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Kimchi grilled cheese I had some extra kimchi/onion/Chinese sausage mixture from yesterday’s fried rice, so I used it up this way.

Kimchi fried rice with scallion salad from Julia Turshen’s Small Victories I made this with a mix of pineapple kimchi (which has cabbage in it) and radish kimchi plus a sliced Chinese sausage

I dunno about the provenance of that particular strand but I've spotted any number of cat hairs in my own photos and suspect I’ve eaten (and probably inhaled) quite a few!

Kimchi & avocado toast, topped with a fried egg and a drizzle of kimchi mayo: I need to get back to this topic but didn’t think of a photo til it was half gone!

$3.29 at my local Whole Foods

I’ve used my Creami very infrequently of late but I detect no odor. After use, I remove the blade, wash everything in hot, soapy water and air dry. I don’t reassemble until I’m ready to use it again. If I noticed an odor from the lid, I’d suspect something, even moisture, trapped under the big ridged O-ring in the lid and I was a bit surprised that Mr Water-Pik, in all his thoroughness didn’t address that. I didn’t try to see if that can be removed and replaced but if not, I’d try a scrub in hot, soapy water, a rinse in a dilute bleach solution and a nice sun bath outside for a few hours…or days 🙃 If you mean the threads on the shaft that retract back up into the upper motor housing, I’ve run the machine with just water to see if there was any obvious debris there. This was after I used it to make chicken liver pâté and was concerned about carryover. I can’t say there was none but there was no hint of turbidity, cloudiness or foaming you’d expect to see if there was any protein in there. Good luck with your troubleshooting and keep us posted!

I haven’t seen DeCecco around here for $2.00 in forever. I used Instacart to check prices in my area and most are in the $3.50-4 range. Sprouts has it on sale for $2.61 (regular $3.49) Walmart has a similar sale price. Ralph’s has a sale price of $3.72 with their loyalty card (regular $3.99) The fancy places are $4.99 or more

Sounds interesting. The water tank is fairly small, 600 ml, but as long as it’s easy to access, that wouldn’t be a dealbreaker. I couldn’t find the interior dimensions. On the exterior, it’s bigger than my Cuisinart CSO, so I’d expect it’s adequate. Let us know if you get one!

I would 100% recommend considering a combi steam oven even if it doesn’t have the temp control desired for sous vide. It’s hard to explain what a difference steam can make in roasting at higher temps without drying things out, getting that perfect crackling crust on a loaf of bread or (my most used function) reheating leftovers. The steam combi oven I have doesn’t have the temp control I’d want for sous vide cooking but it’s enormously valuable all the same so don’t reject the concept out of hand. I think Gaggeneau makes the most desirable combi steam oven that offers good sous vide temp control. It’s frightfully expensive, but I’d economize on almost everything else in a remodel to get one!

The other day, I cooked up a pound of RG Marcella beans and made the Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew from NYT Cooking. Very good. The header notes suggest a flaky white fish or seared scallops as alternatives to the shrimp so I made it again with some petrale sole filets from my weekly fish share. They’re so delicate, I just put them on top of the beans and added some sugar snaps and some tiny, bean-sized tomatoes.

Is Yucan the name of the restaurant or of the soup? Did you live in Lomita or Lomia? Edited to add that this is a bit of a leap as it doesn’t match with anything you’ve asked, but on the outside chance that you lived in Lomita and went to the Yucatán Grill in Seal Beach, they offer a Sopa de Lima made with chicken. Coincidentally, @Smithy recently made a Sopa de Lima recipe she got from a chef in San Diego. You can find a link to the recipe she uploaded and her description of making it in this post.

If you want to try making your own maple vinegar you could check out this post from @Nyleve Baar and the following discussion. Also, in this post in the 2017 Recipes that Rock topic, @Anna N shared another recipe link.

Fresh produce prices would be the canary in the tariff coal mine and they can be volatile anyway as seasons change across the globe. And the use of varying package sizes tends to obscure the unit price.

I stopped in yesterday for some wine and got a rosé and a vermentino from Italy, a chenin blanc/viognier from South Africa and an albariño from Spain. All were at their usual prices though I suspect have been in the US for some time. I’ll add that throughout this egg shortage and the last big one, the TJ's in my area have not increased their egg prices. They ran out from time to time and limited purchases but the prices stayed the same. California eggs are always higher than the national average and TJ's weren’t the lowest around but they stayed in the $3-4 range when the big groceries were $7-9.

It’s a nice flavor combo. I was thinking of trying it as a sorbet, without the dairy. Need to think about that.